Yoichiro Kusakari

p38α Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Plays a Critical Role in Cardiomyocyte Survival but Not in Cardiac Hypertrophic Growth in Response to Pressure Overload

Kazuhiko Nishida, Osamu Yamaguchi, Shinichi Hirotani et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology · 2004 · 230 citations · Full text

Cardiac Muscle, Heart Failure, Cardiomyocyte Survival +19

Targeted deletion of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 attenuates left ventricular remodeling

Osamu Yamaguchi, Yoshiharu Higuchi, Shinichi Hirotani et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 227 citations · Full text

Cardiac mTOR protects the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury

Toshinori Aoyagi, Yoichiro Kusakari, Chun-Yang Xiao et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology · 2012 · 137 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Transient Global Ischemia, Cardiomyopathy +12

mTOR attenuates the inflammatory response in cardiomyocytes and prevents cardiac dysfunction in pathological hypertrophy

Xiaoxiao Song, Yoichiro Kusakari, Chunyang Xiao et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology · 2010 · 133 citations · Full text

Cardiac-specific overexpression of sarcolipin inhibits sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca ²⁺ ATPase (SERCA2a) activity and impairs cardiac function in mice

Michio Asahi, Kinya Otsu, Hiroyuki Nakayama et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 109 citations · Full text

Cardiac Muscle, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Function +17